It isn't what you know or don't know: it's what you allow yourself to know. I understand this now.
Forbidden love,intimate betrayal and the devastating power of exposure drive Helen Dunmore's remarkable new novel.
London,November,1960: the Cold War is at its height. Spy fever fills the newspapers,and the political establishment knows how and where to bury its secrets. When a highly sensitive file goes missing,Simon Callington is accused of passing information to the Soviets,and arrested.
His wife,Lily,suspects that his imprisonment is part of a cover-up,and that more powerful men than Simon will do anything to prevent their own downfall. She knows that she too is in danger,and must fight to protect her children.
But what she does not realise is that Simon has hidden vital truths about his past,and may be found guilty of another crime that carries with it an even greater penalty.
Publisher: CornerstoneISBN: 9780099559290Number of pages: 400Weight: 277 gDimensions: 198 x 129 x 25 mm
MEDIA REVIEWS
'Gripping,subtle and emotional.'- Sadie Jones,author of The Outcast
'Under its smooth,naturalistic surfaces,Exposure has a tightly wrought plot as gripping as any thriller.'- The Guardian
'Few modern novelists can rival Dunmore for showing how the horrors of history smash into individual lives.'- The Times
Helen Dunmore
Helen Dunmore,who died in 2017,was widely recognised as one of the most acclaimed and talented writers of her generation; in their obituary,the Guardian described her as a'poet and novelist with a flair for reinvention and making history human'.
The author of novels,short stories,numerous books for young adults and children and poetry,Dunmore first made her name with her 1988 poetry collection The Raw Garden. As a novelist,her works include: A Spell of Winter (which won the 1996 Orange Prize),The Siege (which was shortlisted for the Orange and Whitbread Prizes),The Betrayal (longlisted for the Booker Prize),Exposure and her last novel Birdcage Walk. Her other works include the Ingo Chronicles fantasy series for children and poetry collections The Malarkey and Inside the Wave which won the 2017 Costa Book of the Year Award. Released posthumously,Girl,Balancing and Other Storieswas published in 2018.
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